Riding season is right around the corner and so is our our gourmet brunch and backroads bike ride. The routes are planned and the menu is better than ever for the 11th annual Radio Harbor Country Bike-n-Brunch fundraiser!
Join the Radio Harbor Country members and board of directors for our annual summer meeting at our new Sawyer Station.
As a nonprofit, community-supported radio station, our members have a say in who operates the station as well as how we spend the funds we raise. The summer membership meeting is your chance to meet your fellow members and be part of the decision making process.
Agenda:
Summary of 2022 Bike-N-Brunch Fundraiser (Board Chairman)
Financial Update (Board Treasurer)
Board Elections
Current state of Radio Harbor Country (Board Chairman)
2022 Programming + Fundraising Plans (Discussion)
Nominations for our Board of Directors are welcome! Please email your nominations prior to the meeting. Our by-laws require the presence of nominees and voters at the meeting.
Questions? Suggestions? Email us!
Riding season is right around the corner and so is our biggest fundraiser of the year. The routes are planned and the menu is better than ever for the 9th annual Radio Harbor Country Bike-n-Brunch Fundraiser!
Registration is now open for our boutique gourmet brunch and bike ride across SW Michigan's beautiful Harbor Country. Rides will be marked for every level, offering 15, 30, and 45 mile loops.
Day of Event Registration: 8:30 am
Ride: 9:00 am (note: all times Eastern)
Riders will depart from a local farmhouse on Wilson Road, 2 miles east of Four Winds Casino. The ride will be followed by brunch at the farm.
The event is limited to the first 150 applicants. Adults are $50, children under 12 are $30, and a brunch only option is available for a $50 donation.
To register, please complete the registration form here and select a payment button below. Checks can be mailed to the station at the address on the form. Confirmation will be e-mailed to riders once registration is complete.
NOTE: EACH RIDER MUST COMPLETE A SEPARATE REGISTRATION FORM.
Questions? Please email bikenbrunch.wrhc@gmail.com.
Thanks so much for your support! We could't do this without you!
Join Radio Harbor Country hosts, board of directors, and friends as we celebrate our new Sawyer station with a Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony followed by an Open House and good-bye to Stan Sabal. More details to come.
Bike-N-Brunch is SOLD OUT! Thank you everyone for your support!
Riding season is right around the corner for our biggest fundraiser of the year. The routes are planned and the menu is better than ever for the 8th annual Radio Harbor Country Bike-n-Brunch Fundraiser! This is an ALL outdoor event. The buffet will be replaced with individual servings.
Pre-Register NOW for our boutique bike ride and gourmet brunch in SW Michigan's Beautiful Harbor Country. Rides will be marked for every level: 15-30-45 mile loops.
Day of Event Registration 8:30 am, Ride 9:00 am (Eastern). Ride will depart from a local farmhouse on Wilson Road 2 Miles east of Four Winds Casino. It will be followed by brunch at the farm.
The event is limited to the first 150 applicants. Adults are $50, Children under 12 are $30, and a Brunch Only option is $50 per person. To register, select a button below and please complete the registration form here (one per rider). Checks can be mailed to the station at the address on the form. Payment confirmation will be e-mailed to the applicants once it is received.
Please send all questions to bikenbrunch.wrhc@gmail.com.
Thanks so much for your support! We can't do this without you!
WRHC is proud to be a sponsor of The Storehouse's concert featuring The Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen at Lakeside Inn on Saturday, April 11th, 2020!
We highly encourage people of all ages to attend, but tickets are required for anyone over 10 years of age. There is also a maximum of 6 tickets per order and tickets are $30 each.
We hope all of you can join us for this once-in-a-lifetime event in Harbor Country. You can purchase tickets and find out more info about the show below.
Thanks for your support!
Radio Harbor Country
The Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen
Sun Ra was one of the most unusual musicians in the history of jazz, moving from Fletcher Henderson swing to free jazz with ease, sometimes in the same song. Portraying himself as a product of outer space, he "traveled the spaceways" with a colorful troupe of musicians, using a multitude of percussion and unusual instrumentation, from tree drum to celeste.
Sun Ra, who enjoyed cloaking his origins and development in mystery, is known to have studied piano early on with Lula Randolph in Washington, DC. His first noted professional job was during 1946-47 as pianist with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra at the Club DeLisa on the South Side of Chicago. In addition to playing piano in the band he also served as one of the staff arrangers. Finding his calling as an arranger, he put together a band to play his compositions. In the 1950s, he began issuing recordings of his unusual music on his Saturn label, becoming one of the first jazz musicians to record and sell his own albums.
Sun Ra's band became a central part of the early avant-garde jazz movement in Chicago, being one of the first jazz bands to employ electronic instruments (as early as 1956), including electric piano, clavioline, celeste, and synthesizers. In 1960, he moved his band to New York, where he established a communal home for his musicians, known as the Sun Palace. In March 1966, the band began one of its most significant residencies, playing every Monday night at Slug's nightclub on New York's Lower East Side.
By the 1970s, the Sun Ra Arkestra and its various permutations began touring Europe extensively. His performances had by then expanded to include singers, dancers, martial arts practitioners, film, and colorful homemade costumes, becoming a true multimedia attraction. Their performances would often stretch on for hours, including hypnotic, chanting processionals through the audience. Sun Ra's global following had become significant, though his recordings had become sporadic. His arrangements of his songs, however, were among the best in jazz. He made excellent use of his soloists, especially the great saxophone section: tenor John Gilmore, alto Marshall Allen, and baritone Pat Patrick, all of whom were with the Arkestra on and off for decades.
An outsider who linked the African-American experience with ancient Egyptian mythology and outer space, Sun Ra was years ahead of all other avant-garde musicians in his experimentation with sound and instruments, a pioneer in group improvisations and the use of electric instruments in jazz. Since Sun Ra's death in 1993, the Arkestra has continued to perform under the direction of John Gilmore, and then Marshall Allen since 1995.
- National Endowment for the Arts
Kick off the holiday season with a holiday party and potluck hosted by Radio Harbor Country on Thursday, December 5 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Acorn Theater, 107 Generation Drive, Three Oaks, Michigan. Join us for merry mingling, music, and dancing, with DJ Snoboy, host of The Monkey vs. Robot Show. Admission is free and open to the public. Potluck fare and a cash bar will be available.
The first 30 people to join or renew their memberships will receive a tote bag or cookbook. Sign up to bring a dish to share at tiny.cc/wrhc_potluck.
Riding season is right around the corner for our biggest fundraiser of the year for the radio station. The routes are planned and the menu is better than ever for this year's Radio Harbor Country Bike-&-Brunch Fundraiser!
Pre-Register NOW for our boutique bike ride and gourmet brunch in SW Michigan's Beautiful Harbor Country. Rides will be marked for every level: 15-30-45 mile loops.
Day of Event Registration 8:30 am, Ride 9:00 am (Eastern). Ride will depart from a local farmhouse on Wilson Road 2 Miles east of Four Winds Casino. It will be followed by brunch at the farm.
The event is limited to the first 150 applicants. Adults are $50, Children under 12 are $30, and a Brunch Only option is $50 per person. To register, select a button below and please complete the registration form here (one per rider). Checks can be mailed to the station at the address on the form. Payment confirmation will be e-mailed to the applicants once it is received.
Please send all questions to bikenbrunch.wrhc@gmail.com.
Thanks so much for your support! We can't do this without you!
We are so grateful for the support of Bentwood Tavern with this special Give Back dinner on Wednesday, January 9th where 50% of the proceeds from food and drinks will go towards Radio Harbor Country. Dinner starts at 5pm and goes until 10pm. We hope to see you there!
We are so grateful to have Mesa Luna restaurant in Sawyer as an annual supporter of the radio station. On Sunday, November 4th from 5:00 to 9:00pm a portion of the food and drink sales that night will go to Radio Harbor Country and help keep us on-the-air for another year. We hope that you can make it out for this special event and we look forward to seeing you there.
We are so excited and grateful that Fritz Olsen Fine Art in Sawyer is hosting another benefit featuring the comedy works of our own Gail Isaacson!
This year, we will present three 10-minute wacky plays from the Café Buzz series, “where it always feels like the first time”. Performing will be Arnie Saks, Gina McLauglin, and Carina Carrera as the Barista.
There will be a Wine Reception and Hors d’Oeuvres. Doors open at 5:00pmET - Show starts at 6:00pmET.
Suggested Donation: $20 per person to support your Community Radio Station. Feel free to use the Paypal link above or bring cash at the door.
Fritz Olsen Fine Art is located at 6914 W. Holloway Drive Sawyer, MI (269) 426-3003
We can't thank Fritz and Martha enough for their generosity to this volunteer-run and supported radio station and we hope to see you out there.
We are so excited and grateful that Mesa Luna in Sawyer is hosting another Give-Back Dinner for Radio Harbor Country on Wednesday, November 8, when 50% of all food and beverage net revenue will be donated to the station! For reservations you can call (269) 426-4878 or stop in there anytime Thursday - Sunday. We can't thank Mesa Luna enough for their generosity to this volunteer run and supported radio station and we hope to see you out there.
Our annual membership meeting will be Thursday June 22, 2017 at 5:30pm. The meeting will start at 5:45pm. We will be meeting at the Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce Office at 15311 Three Oaks Road (near the corner of Warren Woods Road ) in Three Oaks.
On the Agenda will be:
Current Board Members (term expiration)
If you would be interested in running for a Board position, please contact WRHC's Board Chairman Dave Repetto by June 20 and he will place your name on the ballot. Email Dave here.
15-30-45 Miles Routes & Farm to Table Gourmet Brunch
Registration 8:30am | Ride 9:00 am
Ride will depart from 10232 Wilson Road, New Buffalo MI 49117, 2 miles east of Four Winds Casino. Address/map provided with registration.
Please register and fill out this PDF here and return by June 3rd.
Registration / Waiver Forms are required for each rider. Forms may be duplicated.
Ride is limited to first 100 registrants | Adults - $50, Kids under 12 - $30 | Rain or Shine
Bike-n-Brunch communications: bikenbrunch.wrhc@gmail.com or call us at (815)-341-5919
Register via Paypal link below with a credit card or mail check payable to WRHC, P.O. Box 101, Three Oaks MI 49128
